Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Friday, April 21, 2006.

"eBay in talks to fend off Google threat: report," Reuters, 4/21/06
http://digbig.com/4hfkm

"EBay Talks to Microsoft, Yahoo About a Common Foe: Google. Auction Firm Both Needs And Fears Search Giant; To Compete or Cooperate? Discussions Focus on Ad Buys," By MYLENE MANGALINDAN and ROBERT A. GUTH, Wall Street Journal, 4/21/06
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB114558083975931981.html

"eBay Makes Bid For Reality TV, Prime-Time Show Will Air On ABC," by David Goetzl, MediaPost, 4/19/06
http://digbig.com/4hetx

"Have a dream? New show could make it come true," by Jennifer Huberdeau, North Adams Transcript, 4/20/06
http://www.thetranscript.com/headlines/ci_3730870

"Alibaba Incorporates Yahoo Messenger," Pacific Epoch, 4/20/06
http://www.pacificepoch.com/newsstories/60353_0_5_0_M

"ShopWiki tries to push into shopping search space," posted by Michael Bazeley on the Mercury News' Silicon Beat blog, 4/19/06
http://digbig.com/4hfec

"The rich man behind the 65 percent idea," By LETITIA STEIN, St. Petersburg Times, 4/18/06
http://www.sptimes.com/2006/04/18/State/The_rich_man_behind_t.shtml

"Alibaba.com to Set Foot in Business Process Integration," TMCnet, 4/19/06
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/04/19/1586891.htm

"Court hears eBay fraud charges," by Peter Veness (AAP), Australian IT, 4/21/06
http://digbig.com/4hfke

"Hershey's, eBay team to reward customers," By Theresa Howard, USA Today, 4/20/06
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-04-20-hershey-ebay_x.htm

"eBay Hosts Chance to Beat Garry Kasparov - All-Time Greatest Chess Player," Press release 4/20/06
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060420/phth018.html?.v=53